Called “elm” in GBIF
Elms are deciduous and semi-deciduous trees comprising the genus Ulmus in the family Ulmaceae. They are distributed over most of the Northern Hemisphere, inhabiting the temperate and tropical-montane regions of North America and Eurasia, ranging southward in Western Asia to Iran, in Africa to Libya, and in Southeast Asia into Indonesia.
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If you've watched a stately elm die from Dutch elm disease in your neighborhood, this research po...
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Scientists compared the microbes and DNA/RNA chemistry of two elm species, one resistant to Dutch elm disease and one highly vulnerable, and found the resistant tree hosts different bacteria, fungi, and lichens along with distinct chemical markers on its genetic material, hinting at what might help it fend off the deadly fungus.
Shade-tolerant trees you plant beneath a canopy, like hornbeam or field maple, won't respond to a warm spell the way...
